Source: Marques Brownlee
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THE TL;DW
- Tesla held a private, invite-only Cybercab event in Austin with no public livestream, which Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) called “kinda weird.”
- The launch simply added the two-seat, wheel-less Cybercab to Tesla’s existing Robotaxi app for paying riders in Austin, not the broader consumer sales rollout Musk once promised.
- Brownlee revisits his 2024 wager that he’ll shave his head if Tesla sells a Cybercab to a regular customer for under $30,000 before 2027 — and says it’s still looking safe.
The Jupiter Take
The video ties Tesla’s oddly low-key Cybercab rollout back to the now-famous MKBHD Tesla Cybercab bet that’s followed the vehicle since its 2024 unveiling. With Musk publicly egging Brownlee on about shaving his head, the ongoing back-and-forth has become its own running storyline around Tesla’s autonomy promises.
Context
Brownlee’s wager dates back to Tesla’s October 2024 “We, Robot” event, where Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab and pledged a sub-$30,000 price with deliveries before 2027 — a timeline Brownlee publicly doubted, vowing on camera to shave his head if Tesla pulled it off. Thursday’s Austin event turned out to be a private, no-livestream affair that mainly folded Cybercab into Tesla’s existing Robotaxi service rather than announcing direct consumer sales, as detailed in Forbes’ coverage of the launch. Musk has kept the bet in the spotlight, recently commenting online that Brownlee “really wants to shave his head.”
